#REVIEW: “BLACK FRIDAY”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
With so many other Horror movies tackling holidays and unofficial holidays, it was only a matter of time before the scariest retail holiday of all, BLACK FRIDAY, was turned into a Horror flick.
Taking place in the weening hours of Thanksgiving night, a group of big box toy store employees are setting up for the surge of customers waiting in line. When they enter, some buy their toys and leave, while others meander around the store. Except they are ...
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#REVIEW: “THE BEATLES: GET BACK”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
If I asked you why Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona and you know the answer, you’re in for an exceptional early Holiday gift; if you don’t, sit yourself down and bask in what is the glory of Director Peter Jackson’s multi-part, three-night Docuseries THE BEATLES: GET BACK that will launch exclusively on Disney+. As a lifelong fanatic of this group that not only revolutionized music, their impact can be found in the social strata that exist ...
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#REVIEW: “C’MON C’MON”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Mike Mills’ latest is a special film that has the power to make us feel less alone.
Johnny (Joaquin Phoenix) is a Radio Journalist who travels the country interviewing kids about their thoughts on their world and future. When his sister Viv (Gaby Hoffman) asks him to care for her son Jesse (Woody Norman) while she aides to Jesse’s father, Johnny heads to California. Viv soon realizes she may need more time, so Johnny brings Jesse along to New ...
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#REVIEW: “HAWKEYE”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Finally the original Avengers all have their own moment to shine, it’s only been over a decade after all! I will admit there is a little bit of disappointment that between Black Widow and the first two episodes of Hawkeye we have yet to find out what really happened in Budapest. I digress though, as those first two episodes of Hawkeye are terrific and pack that holiday punch the season truly needs. 'Tis the season to shoot arrows and beat up bad ...
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#REVIEW: “HOUSE OF GUCCI”
By Mr. Will Wong
HOUSE OF GUCCI has long been on atop our most anticipated of 2021, and does it live-up to our hopes? In ways it does, but it is unable to avoid some issues despite some phenomenal performances from its Oscar-caliber Ensemble.
Based on Sara Gay Forden's outstanding 2001 Book "House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed", Ridley Scott is tasked with bringing to the big screen this ambitious chronicling of both the rise of an empire and the ...
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#REVIEW: “TICK, TICK…BOOM!”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
The year is 1990 and Jonathan Larson (Andrew Garfield) is waiting tables at a New York City diner. He is years away from creating the musical masterpiece RENT, and is stressing out over the musical he is workshopping in the coming days. He needs to come up with one more song, just as his love life starts falling apart and the entire artistic community around him continues being ravaged by the AIDS epidemic.
That certainly does not sound like the most ...
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#REVIEW: “GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
I aint ‘fraid of no ghosts! Director/Writer Jason Reitman carries on the legacy his father Ivan built, bringing us a third installment in the famed original Ghostbusters franchise. Did anyone ask for a third Ghostbusters chapter? Not all of us. But anyone who is a fan of Action-Fantasy done right, will be over-the-moon with Ghostbusters: Afterlife! This Movie steps-up that nostalgia factor in a way that rekindles those fond feelings in long-time ...
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#REVIEW: “ENCANTO”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Encanto follows an extraordinary family called The Madrigals. Years ago their matriarch, Abuela Alma (María Cecilia Botero) received a candle with a flame that never goes out. This magical candle created their village hidden in the mountains of Colombia called the Encanto. Additionally, the magic of the candle blessed every child in the Madrigal family with a unique gift, except one — Mirabel (Stephanie Beatriz). However, Mirabel may be her ...
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#REVIEW: “HOME SWEET HOME ALONE”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Sometimes there are classics that are revisited unnecessarily in new installments. And sometimes these newer installments aren’t well-received by Critics and fans. If you’re on-board for Home Alone taking new risks, then strap yourself in for Home Sweet Home Alone.
Max (Archie Yates) is a stubborn, difficult, mean-spirited child whose mother Carol (Aisling Bea) is trying to do everything she can to make her son happy and comfortable, despite ...
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#REVIEW: “ANITA”
Review by Mr. Will Wong
In her short time on this earth, Anita Mui made her presence felt as the Queen of Cantopop throughout the '80s. Biopic ANITA, directed and co-written by Longman Leung, serves as a beautiful tribute to her storied rise to fame, but also gives us a look at some of her personal struggles. Fans really get the Film they deserve here as Leung balances honesty with honour.
Mui was only 40-years-old when she passed away after a battle with Cervical Cancer, just over one ...
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